It is now the end of the second day of my 10-day "juice" fast. I put "juice" in quotes because I have made the executive decision to allow any fruits or vegetables, whether juiced or whole after attempting to drink the nastiest juice I have ever tasted and the fallout of which I had absolutely no desire to drink any more juice for the rest of the day; however, I wanted to keep the fast going - it's only day two - so I had to bend the rules. I think allowing whole fruits and vegetables will not have a detrimental effect on my desired outcome of cleansing and resetting my appetite.
Confession: I was having difficulty sleeping last night, and I got up and ate a few handfuls of chipotle peanuts and a banana.
TMI: things really "moved" along this morning. I think I just flushed a pound or two.
So, here is how my day went today....
7:30 am - I got up and drank 12 ounces of water; then went back to bed where I lay for almost two hours not wanting to get up and figure out what to put in the juicer.
9:15 am - I poured myself a mug hot lemon water and crawled back in bed with a magazine. I do love the weekend!
10:11 am - first juice of the day. 20 ounces of freshly juiced citrus (orange, lemon, lime, ginger). I made a twin batch for my teenage son, but he only drank about half of it. Better than nothing and it's a nutritionally excellent way to start the day.
10:45 am - I had a strong urge to eat a bag of chips! As with all temptations, the urge eventually passed.
12:30 pm - 12 ounces of water.
1:00 TMI - I don't know what happened to the chipotle peanuts, but it's an all liquid exodus at this point. The cleanse is working.
1:30pm - second juice of the day: celery, kale, purple onion, 1/2 cucumber, parsley. I don't know what possessed me to add an onion to a juice - this was the nastiest thing I've ever tasted! And, I had this feeling that if I could just force it down, my body would be gaining all sorts of benefits. I drank about 6 ounces before dumping the rest down the drain. I could not drink another juice the rest of the day.
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| The juice from approximately one gallon of kale leaves. |
Since I couldn't finish the juice, I indulged in half a cantaloupe. It was delicious.
3:30 - hot herbal tea.
4:00 - I was suddenly unbelievably energized and went for a 45-minute walk/jog at the city park. I came back feeling fantastic!
5:00 pm - 12 ounces of water.
5:30 pm - large baked potato with salt and pepper only. I needed hot food! I absolutely loved the plain baked potato. It didn't matter that it was missing the usual toppings.
6:30 pm - water
7:30 pm - water
9:00 pm - water
9:15 pm - banana
My energy level remained high through the late afternoon and evening. I feel like I could easily run a few miles and not get tired.
I will be up and getting ready for church in the morning and will be back on an all juice diet for the day. I will be sticking to the professionally cold-pressed juices for the day to ease myself back into the program.
And the next time I make onion juice, it will be to pour on my hair. Apparently it makes a good hair rinse.
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